High · Virginia

Lancaster High

Free meals for all

Lancaster High, a public high school in Lancaster, Virginia: grades 8–12, 402 students, 11.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Lancaster County Public Schools.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 402
Teachers (FTE): 36.7
Students per teacher: 11.0
Grades: 8–12; High

Fewer students per teacher than 86% of high schools in Virginia

Median 13.9 · 325 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 75% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 84% of high schools in Virginia

Median 1,136 · 325 schools compared

Smaller than 51% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Virginia's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Virginia: 72%

60%proficient

−11.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 86% of high schools in Virginia

Median 71% · 42 high schools compared

68 students tested, grades 8 · Standards of Learning; proficient means Levels 2-3

Math

Virginia: 66%

26%proficient

−24.8 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 85% of high schools in Virginia

Median 59% · 39 high schools compared

54 students tested, grades 8 · Standards of Learning; proficient means Levels 2-3

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: High · Grades 8–12
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Remote rural area
Run by: Lancaster County Public Schools

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Lancaster County Public Schools.

Location

Address: 8815 Mary Ball Rd, Lancaster, VA 22503
Phone: (804)462-5100
City or town: Lancaster
County: Lancaster County

Website Quality of life in Lancaster Schools in Lancaster

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Northumberland HighFree meals for all	9–12	380	12.0	—	—	10.0 mi
Middlesex HighFree meals for all	9–12	370	11.7	—	—	13.7 mi
Rappahannock HighFree meals for all	8–12	544	14.5	66%	42%	20.0 mi
Mathews HighFree meals for all	8–12	333	11.7	74%	61%	23.2 mi
West Point Middle/HighFree meals for all	6–12	434	12.4	79%	62%	23.7 mi
Central HighFree meals for all	7–12	265	10.4	74%	32%	24.2 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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